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Welcome to the Department of Language and Linguistic Science
We are one of the leading centres in the UK for teaching and research in theoretical and empirical linguistics. Our major specialisms are in syntax and semantics, phonetics and phonology, language variation and change, and psycholinguistics. We are also committed to high quality language teaching.
We are approximately 350 undergraduate and postgraduate students and
23 full-time staff. We offer 7 different BA programmes plus combined degree
programmes with Education, History, Literature, Mathematics and Philosophy.
We also have 6 taught masters programmes, including a new MSc in Forensic
Speech Science.
Recent staff appointments, new postgraduate and undergraduate programmes, and brand new purpose-built accommodation with new research and teaching laboratories have kept our department at the forefront of current work in language and linguistics. We look forward to continuing to expand in coming years.
Departmental News
- New 5 Fees-only studentships and 2 Overseas Postgraduate Scholarships offered by the department.
- Departmental blog - go here for up-to date information about the goings on in the department.
- 2008 Research Assessment Exercise results:
- York Linguistics ranked 2nd in the UK for linguistic research
- Two-thirds of our research was judged to be world-leading / internationally excellent
- The University of York is one of the UK's top 10 research universities
- York Among Top 10 UK Linguistics Departments
- Listen to Paul Foulkes's interview with ABC on the subject of forensic speech science
- YPL Special Issue - York-Essex Morphology Meeting (YEMM) is now available on the YPL site
Student News/Events
- After a hiatus, the University of York Linguistic Society is back in business.
- Primary school pupils are getting their first taste of foreign languages thanks to student volunteers from our department.
- Debbie Flowers, one of our graduating finalists, has had her review of "The Linguistics Student's Handbook" published in the Times Higher Education Supplement